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Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

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Today on the podcast we talk to Zeynep Tufekci and Jonathan Zittrain about how platforms can combat fake news.

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Datafication and Consumer Trust

We’re already living in a highly data driven society. Algorithms control the content flow displayed to us through search engines, for the news we read on Facebook and Twitter, the... MORE

​NTU President Prof Bertil Andersson receives honorary doctorate from the University of Southampton​​

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II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Arquitetura da Internet e Neutralidade de Rede

Saiu o segundo de uma série de vídeos documentando o II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Globalização, tecnologias e conectividade, que ocorreu nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016 na Faculdade IBMEC em Belo Horizonte. Semanalmente, iremos publicar os vídeos integrais de cada um dos painéis do evento. Continue acompanhando nossas publicações!
Painel: Arquitetura da Internet e Neutralidade de Rede
Participantes: Demi Getschko, Jonas Valente e Leonardo Parentoni.

Evento organizado por IRIS, GNet, Direito UFMG, IBMEC e FGV Direito SP.

Casa de Bello abrió sus puertas para acercar su patrimonio a los niños

El Archivo Central Andrés Bello y su Sala Museo Gabriela Mistral y los Museos de Arte Popular Americano y de Arte Contemporáneo se sumaron a la celebración del Día del Patrimonio para niñas y niños, en el que la comunidad pudo conocer un poco más el acervo de la Universidad.Convocado por el Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales junto al Consejo Nacional de la Infancia, este domingo 27 de noviembre se celebró el Día del Patrimonio para niñas y niños, actividad que buscó generar un espacio de aproximación diferente de la herencia cultural y natural, enfocada en este caso a

Columna de Jorge Babul: "Ciencia: sin presupuesto ni ministerio"

El nulo crecimiento de los recursos destinados a investigación en Chile, hacen necesario un acuerdo nacional para elevar dicho presupuesto en miras al desarrollo del país.

Comunidad universitaria asistió a instalación de retrato de ex rector

Familiares, amigos y ex miembros de su equipo directivo acompañaron al ex rector en la ceremonia de instalación de su retrato en dicho espacio de la Casa Central, donde permanecen los cuadros de sus antecesores.

Universidad de Chile celebra el Día del Cine Chileno

Desde 2009 la Casa de Bello conmemora esta fecha en honor a los dos realizadores audiovisuales desaparecidos por agentes de la dictadura en 1974, hecho relevado por la Cineteca de la U.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of #OGP16 Summit

This blog originally appeared on Medium and is reposted with permission.

Insufficient safeguards in new Dutch national security act

FCC Chair Tom Wheeler to Resign, Leaving 'Remarkable Legacy'

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California DMV Calls Uber’s Autonomous Autos ‘Illegal’

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Uber's new driverless fleet in San Francisco swiftly declared 'illegal' by California DMV

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Uber's self-driving cars put tech's 'move fast, break things' credo to the test

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Who would want access to 1 billion Yahoo accounts?

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Evaluating the Risks of the Internet of Things- II

by Dhruv Somayajula* In this second part of our two post series on the Internet of Things, Dhruv examines the policy framework in India to analyse its applicability to the Internet of Things.  In a previous post, we discussed the definition of the ‘Internet of Things’ (“IoT”), its uses and applications for smart cities and […]

Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editing

Pavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh explained how to create and improve articles about Wikipedia in this program. Principal I.Nageswara Rao presided over this meeting.

Tech is moving beyond cities to focus on civic engagement in every U.S. county

 at TechCrunch: “While gridlock has taken hold in a paralyzed Washington, D.C. mayors across the country are taking a pragmatic approach to solving local problems and its time for tech to reach out to them….

Introducing the Agricultural Open Data Package: BETA Version

PressRelease: “GODAN, Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network, Open Data Charter, and the Open Data Institute are pleased to announce the release of the Agricultural Open Data Package: BETA version. …The Agriculture Open Data Package (http://AgPack.info) has been designed to help governments get to impact with open data in the agriculture sector.

Case Studies on Open Data for Developing Economies Now Open for Review – Calling Experts on Cambodia, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Paraguay and Uganda